Blog Post 7 (now due Friday, March 5th at 11:59pm) and Blog Post 8 (due Tuesday, March 9th at 8am)

Blog entries 7 and 8 will be based on your musical ethnography research. (Note: This does NOT replace your blog post OF your musical ethnography due on March 11th.)

Blog Post 7

Introduce this music culture to your blog followers by giving a general overview with links to any online resources available.

Blog Post 8

Comment on the difficulties in analyzing this music culture. Are you having any difficulties obtaining information? Are events postponed or canceled? Is it difficult to conduct an interview? Keep your readership in mind as it is possible some members of this music culture might read your blog.

Supplement to Chapter 9: India

Tuesday, February 16, 2010: Indian Classical Music

Ali Akbar Khan

Opening audio clip from NPR regarding Ali Akbar Khan can be found below.



Instrument Museum
The Virtual Instrument Museum of Wesleyan University.

Instrument Demonstrations:
Sitar, Sarod, Bin (Vina), Sarangi, Tambura, Bansuri, Harmonium, Nagasvaram (Shahnai), Mrdangam, Tabla.

Thursday, February 18, 2010: Hindi Film Music

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

"Nimbooda"

"Chanda Chupa"

"Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"

Slumdog Millionaire (NOT a Hindi Film)

Why isn't this film considered a Hindi film? There are a variety of articles and opinion reports on this topic with a number of arguments, but consider the music of this film. Much of the ornamentation we heard in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is missing in "Jai Ho." The female timbre is also quite different from the "thin, reedy" timbre we discussed in class.

If we had more time in class to discuss this topic and watch/listen to examples, it would be easy to notice additional missing elements, such as the lack of dancing in much of the remaining songs.

An interview with film's composer, A.R. Rahman, on NPR:

Post 6 – Due February 23, 2010 at 8am

Preparation:
Find one YouTube video of Japanese Noh. Using your textbook reading, the YouTube video, and possibly one website, develop a list of elements of Japanese Noh.

Purpose of This Post:
Explain this list of elements to any blog followers and use your YouTube video (embedded or linked) as an example. Be sure to use hyperlinks (use the "Insert Link" feature) of any websites you use to give credit.

WARNING: Avoid the tendency to evaluate. Focus on objective description.

Chinese Artists (from the Chinese student troupe discussion)

As promised, I have posted a series of links and video below from our discussion with the student art troupe from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China.

Liu Huan
Video of his live performance of "You and Me" with Sarah Brightman at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing:

The televised video for this song:

His performance of "One World, One Dream" for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing:


Jay Chou
There is an interesting article about his upcoming performance in Hollywood here.
Here is a music video of his song "Qi Li Xiang" (Orange Jasmine):

An a music video of "Qing Hua Ci"


Song Zuying
A video performance of "The Bright Moon above the Miao Mountain"

This performance of "Dragon Boat Tune" is appropriate in light of the recent Lunar New Year:


Cui Jian
("The Father of Chinese Rock")
An interesting note: Cui Jian is Korean-Chinese (ethnically Korean/living in China)
"无所有(Nothing to my name)"
This particular song is quite famous since it was the anthem for the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989

A Popular New Remix

"Fake Monk"

Post 5 – Due February 16, 2010 at 8am

Find one YouTube video featuring one Hindustani (North Indian Classical Music) NOT featuring Ravi Shankar performances and write a blog post commenting on the musical elements in this song. Use your textbook reading to give you ideas and assistance. WARNING: Avoid the tendency to evaluate the performance as you would a concert review. Focus on objective description.

Battle of the Bands (Announcement for Comet Conservatory Fundraiser)

Interested in Comet Conservatory?

Comet Conservatory is a student organization at UT-Dallas open to all students with prior music experience of any type. They have meetings every other week (Wednesdays at 7:30pm) to organize events, including an upcoming Battle of the Bands fundraiser, and brainstorm goals for the organization.

Facebook Group

Student Organization Email - Best Method of Contact and Source of Information (via mailing list)

Their next meeting is Wednesday, February 3rd at 7:30pm in AH1.